World Wide Web
UK/ˈwɜːld ˌwaɪd ˈwɛb//ˈwɝld ˌwaɪd ˈwɛb/
World Wide Web proper noun: usually preceded by the: all of the hypertext documents (web pages) on the Internet collectively, which are (1) stored in various inter-hyperlinked computers around the world, and (2) retrieved typically by means of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) or (currently more often) its secure version (HTTPS), among others.
Proper noun
World Wide Web
- Usually preceded by the: all of the hypertext documents (web pages) on the Internet collectively, which are (1) stored in various inter-hyperlinked computers around the world, and (2) retrieved typically by means of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) or (currently more often) its secure version (HTTPS), among others.
- WorldWideWeb: Proposal for a HyperText Project [title] […] Having a world wide web implies some solutions must be found for problems such as different access protocols and different node content formats. These issues are addressed by our proposal.[1990 November 12, Tim Berners-Lee, Robert Cailliau, “WorldWideWeb: Proposal for a HyperText Project”, in World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), archived from the original on 10 Nov 2020
- Additionally, gateways exist so that WAIS users can retrieve information from non-WAIS data bases like Gopher, developed by university users of Next computers, and the World Wide Web, which makes available physicists' research from many locations.1993 February 28, John Markoff, “A web of networks, an abundance of services”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Nov...
World Wide Web meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
World Wide Web in Hindi
- all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media
- विश्वव्यापी संजाल viśvavyāpī-sanjāl
World Wide Web in Tamil
- all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media
- உலகளாவிய வலை ulakaḷāviya valai
World Wide Web in Urdu
- all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media
- بین الشبکہ bain-uś-śabaka, عالمی جال ālamī-jāl, عالمی شبکہ ālamī-śabaka, عالم گیر جال ālam-gīr-jāl
World Wide Web in Bengali
- all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media
- বিশ্বব্যাপী জাল biśbabāpī-jāl
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- World Wide Web in Malayalam
- സാ൪വ്വലോകജാലി
- World Wide Web in Kannada
- ಜಗಬಲೆ, ಮಿಂಬಲೆ
- World Wide Web in Sanskrit
- विश्वव्यापीजाल viśvavyāpījāla
- World Wide Web in Tagalog
- pandaigdigang-sapot, sapot
- World Wide Web in Arabic
- شَبَكَة عَنْكَبُوتِيَّة عَالَمِيَّة, نَسِيج عَنْكَبُوتِي عَالَمِي nasīj ʕankabūtī ʕālamī
- World Wide Web in Malay
- jaringan sejagat
- World Wide Web in Indonesian
- Waring Wera Wanua, Jaringan Jagat Jembar
- World Wide Web in Persian
- وب جهانگستر veb e jahân-gostar, شبکه جهانگستر šabake-ye jahân-gostar
- World Wide Web in Thai
- เวิลด์ไวด์เว็บ wəəl-waai-wép
Synonyms of World Wide Web
Origin of World Wide Web
From worldwide + web. Coined by English computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee and Belgian engineer and computer scientist Robert Cailliau in a paper published on 12 November 1990 (see quotations below).
Words formed from World Wide Web
Words that rhyme with World Wide Web
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Questions about World Wide Web
- What does World Wide Web mean?
- World Wide Web means usually preceded by the: all of the hypertext documents (web pages) on the Internet collectively, which are (1) stored in various inter-hyperlinked computers around the world, and (2) retrieved typically by means of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) or (currently more often) its secure version (HTTPS), among others.
- What is World Wide Web in Hindi?
- World Wide Web in Hindi is विश्वव्यापी संजाल (viśvavyāpī-sanjāl). See World Wide Web meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is World Wide Web?
- World Wide Web is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce World Wide Web?
- World Wide Web is pronounced /ˈwɜːld ˌwaɪd ˈwɛb/ (UK).
Words near World Wide Web in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: World Wide Web (page history and authors); world wide web (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); World Wide Web (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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